He worked on Super Bowl halftime shows starring Michael Jackson and Prince ... a pair of famously ill-fated variety shows: Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell and Dolly, hosted by Dolly ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THRILLER") MICHAEL JACKSON: (Singing) 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night. ERIC DEGGANS ... I was in Los Angeles working for the LA Times when he passed away.

Jones died Sunday night at his ... it was his work with Michael Jackson that thrust him into the most rarefied stratum of the music industry. In 1978, Jones was working as music supervisor on ...